We’ve just let out a release candidate for 0.6.0, the first release of our new 0.6 branch. This branch contains
quite a few new features, and so we’re keen for it to receive as much testing as possible before the official release.

Highlights of the new branch include:

Console: Commands to add/remove hosts, reload the config and shutdown

MUC: Allow multiple sessions of the same JID to use the same nick

MUC: Support for persistent rooms

MUC: Support for roles, affiliations, config and admin controls

mod_compression: zlib compression support for XMPP sessions

TLS for s2s connections

Per-host SSL/TLS certificates for vhosts

New importer for MySQL ejabberd dumps

Compatibility with vCard fetching from ejabberd chatrooms

When we release the final version there will be a more complete overview of each of these new features accompanying the
release announcement. If you have any feedback, questions, or bugs to report, you can find us
in any of the usual places.